Show ContentsAchour History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Early Origins of the Achour family

The surname Achour was first found in Poitou, where the family has held a family seat since ancient times.

Early History of the Achour family

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Achour Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Achard, Achart, Acchard, Acharde, Achar, Acchar, Accharde, Acchard, Acherd, Accherd, Acherde, Acher, Accher, Accherde, Accherd, Achare, Acchare, Acharre, L'Achard, L'Acharde, L'Achar, L'Acchar, L'Accharde, L'Acchard, La Chard, La Charde, Aschard and many more.

Early Notables of the Achour family

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Migration of the Achour family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: A. Achard settled in San Francisco in 1850; Joseph Achard settled in Philadelphia in 1796; Michael Achard settled in Philadelphia in 1796; Pierre Achard, aged 30.


Contemporary Notables of the name Achour (post 1700)+

  • Doria Achour (b. 1991), French-Tunisian film director and actress
  • Yadh Ben Achour (b. 1945), also Iyadh Ben Achour, Tunisian lawyer, expert on public law
  • Khaled Achour (b. 1955), Tunisian handball player who competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics
  • Habib Achour (1913-1999), Tunisian trade unionist
  • Fateh Achour (b. 1994), Algerian footballer
  • Dallal Merwa Achour (b. 1994), Algerian volleyball player who competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics
  • Ahmed Achour (b. 1945), Tunisian composer and conductor


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